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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES (i)

 

1.    Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:  (ii)

 

Standard Life European Private Equity Trust PLC

 

2.     Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: Yes

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: n/a

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: n/a

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: n/a

Other (please specify): n/a

3.     Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: (iii)

    F&C Asset Management plc

4.     Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): (iv) 

See Box 9 below

 

5.     Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: (v)

        14 January 2010

 

6.     Date on which issuer notified:

        15 January 2010

 

7.     Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: (vi, vii)

10%

 

8.     Notified details:

A:     Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix)

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of  shares	Number of  voting rights
GB0030474687  Ord GBP0.02	16,767,245	16,767,245

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of  shares	Number of  voting rights		% of  voting rights (x)
GB0030474687  Ord GBP0.02	Direct 11,767,245	Direct 11,767,245	Indirect (xi) -	Direct 7.31%	Indirect -

 

B:     Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 

Type of financial instrument	Expiration  Date (xiii)	Exercise/ Conversion  Period/ Date (xiv)	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

 

C:     Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi)

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise  price		Expiration  date		Exercise/ Conversion  period		Number of voting rights instrument refers to		% of  voting rights (xix, xx)
-	-		-		-		-		Nominal		Delta
									-		-

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights 11,767,245

% of voting rights 7.31%

9.     Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

F&C Asset Management plc:- (or 3rd party manager)
Client	No. of voting rights	% of total voting rights	Registration name
Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust	5,500,000	n/a	Chase Nominees Limited
Remaining clients hold less than 3% each

Proxy Voting:

 

10.     Name of the proxy holder:

          F&C Asset Management plc

11.     Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

  n/a

 

12.     Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

 n/a

 

13.     Additional information:

 n/a

 

14.     Contact name:

 Valerie MacKenzie

 

15.     Contact telephone number:

 0131 528 4136

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